Who was with your mistress ?" "I don't know, sir," sobbed the servant.

"I didn't know anyone had called, and then I heard the screaming.

I looked into the parlor to see what was the matter, but the lamp had been thrown over and had gone out, and there was a dreadful struggle going on in the darkness, so I screamed and ran out and then I--oh--oh" Jane showed symptoms of renewed hysteria, and clutched Random tightly, as a man came cautiously round the corner.
"Are you there, Random ?" asked Hope's voice.
"It's so infernally dark and foggy that I have missed him." "Missed who ?" "The man who was trying to murder Mrs.Jasher, He got her down when I entered and struck a match.

Then he dashed through the window before I could catch him or even recognize him.

He's vanished in the mist." "It's no use looking for him anyhow," said Random, peering into the dense blackness, which was thick with damp.